League Play-Off

Estadio Friestas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Claudemiro Esteves got the match started through his kick off. If Donato Guimarães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Claudemiro Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 20th minute, Nuno Soares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Rui Pacheco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute, Américo Aguiar had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Durval Sobral during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Durval Sobral kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Gonçalo Santos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudemiro Esteves in the 32nd minute of play. Claudemiro Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Donato Guimarães might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gonçalo Santos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Donato Guimarães ran back to his position shaking his head. When Albertino Tavares fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Emeres's protests and gave Albertino Tavares a yellow card for diving instead. In the 47th match minute, SC Emeres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albertino Tavares to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Leite stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bernardo Magalhães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 59 minutes of play Clube Atlético Odivelas's Durval Sobral was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 60th match minute, Clube Atlético Odivelas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Durval Sobral to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Jorge Leite ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vasco Sanches was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 65thth minute of the game Donato Guimarães who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Emeres's Gonçalo Santos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gonçalo Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Guimarães in the 70th minute of the match. Jorge Leite struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Vasco Sanches didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Emeres. 77 minutes into the match, SC Emeres's Rui Pacheco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vasco Sanches narrowly saved just below the crossbar. SC Emeres's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nuno Soares in the 79th minute. In the 85th minute, Jorge Leite made a precise shot to the right of Vasco Sanches. Clube Atlético Odivelas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 94th match minute, SC Emeres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeu Magalhães to maneuver through the defense. Clube Atlético Odivelas's Donato Guimarães got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The SC Emeres supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SC Emeres would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.